The Association
for Childhood Education International http://www.acei.org/ is a global organization with
ties to the United Nations that strives to support Early Childhood
Professionals along their journey in the field as a means to significantly
impact the changing world of children – educationally and developmentally.
A
recently published Global News article focuses on the urgent need for quality,
accessible preschool for all children as well as an expanded awareness and
attention to the issue of childhood malnutrition and its effect on learning. It
does not come as a big surprise that children who spend at least one year in
pre-schooling are more successful in primary school and beyond. One outstanding
point relates to the battle against childhood malnutrition - that it is not
necessarily money that is the issue, but governmental and societal leaders who
fail to combat this condition head on (UNESCO, 2012, p 2).
UNESCO (2012, April)
Expanding equitable early childhood care and education is an urgent need. EFA
GMR.
Retrieved from http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002160/216038E.pdf
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